How to survive in the fake-information age

"Information wants to be free."That was the motto of truth-seeking digital activists in the '80s and '90s.The motto today is: "Information wants to be fake."Just look at the news this week for a glimpse of how much chaos fake news is causing.Faceboo...

That was the motto of truth-seeking digital activists in the '80s and '90s.

The motto today is: "Information wants to be fake."

Just look at the news this week for a glimpse of how much chaos fake news is causing.

Facebook, Twitter and Google are being dragged before Congress to tell what they know about fake news, trolling and propaganda funded by the Russian government on those social networks.

It appears that the Russian government bought hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising on Facebook and Twitter aimed primarily at exacerbating existing social and political conflict within the United States. It also appeared to have maintained fake user accounts designed to influence voters in key swing states leading up to the presidential election.